Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York-- In the main event of Showtime's quadruple-header at the Barclays Center, Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KOs) beat Erik Morales (52-9, 36 KOs) in more convincing fashion than he did this past March, scoring a fourth round knockout of the 4-division former world champ. Following 48 hours of controversy and conflicting reports about Morales' failed … [Read more...]
Boxing at Barclays: A look at Saturday’s solid Golden Boy card
This Saturday, October 20, world class boxing returns to Brooklyn, New York as the Barclays Center kicks off their multi-fight deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Technically, four world titles will be up for grabs on the Showtime Championship Boxing show at 8 pm ET/PT. But, as is usually the case these days, the titles, for the most part, are of the "wink, wink" variety. Of … [Read more...]
Euro-Champ Malaise: The Growth of Boxing’s Protected Class
by Paul Magno Back in the 90's the WBO was slow to receive recognition as a "real" sanctioning body-- and that's saying something in the often skeezy world of professional boxing. The reason for the snub was due to the sanctioning body's perceived "friendly" matchmaking for their title holders. When it comes to sketchy matchmaking, a finger could be pointed at the WBC, … [Read more...]
Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam and Max Bursak face off in France, Friday May 4
Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (26-0, 17 KOs) and Max Bursak (24-0-1, 10 KOs) will face off in a battle of middleweights on Friday, May 4 at the Palais de Sport Marcel Cerdan in Hauts-de-Seine, France. The WBO has sanctioned this fight to be for its “Interim” middleweight title, and the winner may eventually be forced to unify the title with current WBO World Title holder, Dmitry Pirog. … [Read more...]
Gennady Golovkin — Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam Ordered by WBA, Purse Bid on February 2
The WBA, after going through 15 months with a "Super," "Regular," and "Interim" champ at 160 lbs., has finally ordered two of the three belts to be unified in an intriguing battle of unproven, but interesting young fighters-- Gennady Golovkin (22-0, 19 KOs) and Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (26-0, 17 KOs). Golovkin, the 29-year-old regular world champ from Kazakhstan, won the vacant … [Read more...]